carnal

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹnəl/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəl

Adjective

carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)

1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.

Derived terms

• carnally
• carnal knowledge

Related terms

• incarnate
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

Translations

relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites

• Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
• Catalan: carnal
• Esperanto: fivolupta
• Finnish: himokas (fi)
• French: charnel (fr)
• German: fleischlich, körperlich (de), sexuell (de), sinnlich (de)
• Greek: σαρκικός (el) (sarkikós)

• Persian: تنانه‎ (tanâne)
• Polish: cielesny (pl)
• Portuguese: carnal (pt)
• Russian: чувственный (ru) (čuvstvennyj), плотский (ru) (plotskij)
• Spanish: carnal, sexual (es), concupiscente (es), libidinoso (es)
• Welsh: cnawdol (cy)

worldly or earthly; temporal

• Finnish: (worldly) maailmallinen (fi), (earthly) maallinen (fi); (temporal) ajallinen (fi)
• German: diesseitig (de)
• Portuguese: carnal (pt)

• Russian: земно́й (ru) (zemnój), мирской (ru) (mirskoj)
• Spanish: terrenal (es), mortal (es)

of or relating to the body or flesh

• Bulgarian: плътски (bg) (plǎtski), телесен (bg) (telesen)
• Catalan: carnal
• Finnish: (relating to the body) ruumiillinen (fi); (relating to the flesh) lihallinen (fi)
• Portuguese: carnal (pt)

• Russian: телесный (ru) (telesnyj), плотский (ru) (plotskij)
• Spanish: carnal, corporal (es)
• Welsh: cnawdol (cy)

Further reading

• carnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• carnal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin carnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kəɾˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kərˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈnal/

Adjective

carnal (masculine and feminine plural carnals)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
2. consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

   germà carnal

   blood brother

Related terms

• carn
• carnalitat

Further reading

• “carnal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carnal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “carnal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carnal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carnal, from Latin carnālis (“of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɹ.ˈnaw/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɻ.ˈnaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.ˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: car‧nal

Adjective

carnal m or f (plural carnais, comparable)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
2. (religion) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
3. consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

   Irmão carnal.

   Blood brother.

Synonyms

• (worldly): terreno
• (consanguineous): consanguíneo

Antonyms

• (worldly): espiritual

Related terms

• carnalidade
• carnalmente
• carnalizar
• carne

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from caro (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

carnal (plural carnales)

1. carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)

   Synonyms: sexual, libidinoso

Noun

carnal m (plural carnales, feminine carnala, feminine plural carnalas)

1. (Mexico) brother (short form of hermano carnal, "carnal brother", in opposition to adopted or in-law)

Related terms

• carnalidad
• carne

Further reading

• “carnal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.